The American Spectator

I meet on Tuesdays with a group of men, all of whom have served in the military in one or more of the various inconclusive wars we have fought over the last fifty years. The reluctant consensus of opinion in this discussion group is that it is probably too late for this to be settled other than through a national calamity which would implode the present corrupt social order and bring about such a chaotic situation that the country would have no choice but to return to probity and common sense.
— Bill Kelleher

Yesterday I read the Ruling Class article by Angelo Codevilla. It was one of the best articles I have read regarding the current landscape of our nation at present.

I am a headmaster of a private Christian school in Texas. I couldn’t help but think as I read the article that my boys (early teens) should read this article. Unfortunately, I fear it would be over their head at times. I wonder, if Dr. Codevilla would consider revising this article for a younger audience…if it is even possible.

I fear that our young people today are not receiving this level of analysis and are ill-equipped to enter university or even combat the ideological viewpoints of their high school teachers. Dr. Codevilla’s article is of a kind that should be read by young and old alike.

Forgive me if this seems like a ridiculous request. Perhaps, my email serves as a larger request in remembering the younger audience in your publication.
— Derek

What we are talking about here is “The Tyranny of Liberalism ” — see James Kalb’s book in order to understand and overcome administered freedom, inquisitorial tolerance and equality by command.
— Norman D. Clemo

Mr. Codevilla’s excellent article offers insight and background as to where we have come and where are today. I am a young conservative business professional. I believe more of those in our “Country Class” need to read this article so they can better understand the Ruling Class agenda and formulate a plan to win America back. I have forwarded this article on to others who are also college educated business men and women and we believe if this article could be simplified in a way that the general public could read and comprehend.

Thank you for time and all you do.
— Tim Nyce
Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Thank-you for your effort in writing this piece. This is what I have been trying to tell people about the ruling class but did not have the ability to word it like you have. This should be required reading for anyone who wants to be or is involved in our country’s future. This piece will give them a basis on which to let people know what they are dealing with.

Thanks again,
— Louis Tufillaro
Raleigh, North Carolina

This is an excellent essay. Congratulations.

Apart from the obstacles mentioned, I believe that since a great proportion of Americans (more than 50%?) receive more benefits from government that what they contribute, this fact makes even harder for the country class to promote and pass into law their values.

However, and as Schumpeter wrote, the social doctors will deepen their agenda until the two forward horses (human action and technology) continue to overcome the dragging horse of government stupidity. How long it will take? That is the issue.
— Guillermo Barba Lluch

I found this the best written and most informative article I have read in a long, long time. It confirms what I had thought out on my own, that most Republicans do not really believe (or act) in accordance with the tenets of their party’s proclamations of limited government.
— Patte L. Winn
Morton, Illinois

RESPECTFULLY YOURS
Re: Christopher Orlet’s Bring Back the Duel:
Periodically, I meditate on the thought that respect is earned, not demanded or taken. That thought has been lost in the populace during my lifetime. I lay blame at the feet of MTV…though, currently, I think it more of a catalyst. I remember those well-attended dust-ups to which Mr. Orlet refers. Oddly, they usually resulted in some measure of respect.
— Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut